is coming, the year-end event that belongs to Chinese filmmakers can be regarded as coming.
Although the opening ceremony on the evening of November 1 was postponed to the 3rd, the eyes of Chinese fans have long been focused on Xiamen.
And this year's Golden Rooster Award competition, the story is still exciting.
Under the strict selection criteria of this year's jury's "six relatives do not recognize", "Fengshen" directed by Wu Ershan and "No Name" directed by Cheng Er became the biggest winners.
The former won 9 nominations, including Best Director, Best Picture, etc., and the latter also had 8 nominations.
In particular, Wang Yibo defeated Andy Lau, Sha Yi, Ning Li and many other powerful factions in "The Wandering Earth 2" to be shortlisted for the best supporting actor, which attracted enough attention.
To the surprise of many netizens, the two popular Spring Festival stalls "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Man Jianghong" did not become the favorite of the Golden Rooster Awards, and "The Wandering Earth 2" only won 3 nominations for Best Film, Best Sound Recording and Best Art.
In Gulangyu Island, Xiamen tonight, Chinese movies are brilliant, and all the mysteries will be revealed in 3 days.
You might as well take advantage of tonight to make a bold prediction, who will win this year's Golden Rooster Award?
By the way, who did those films and actors who deserve to be nominated in the eyes of the public lose?
01, Best Director's Debut: The rise of the back wave is full of fairy fights
Prediction of the winning work: Kong Dashan, "Space Exploration Editorial Department"
Judging from the list of nominees alone, the competition for the Best Directorial Debut award is really fierce, with at least three films "playing" inseparable.
Wu Weilun's "Bad Tongue Lawyer" fought a bloody way with word-of-mouth when Huang Zihua took the lead alone, and finally won a box office of 160 million in Hong Kong, China, breaking almost all the box office records set by stars that year, which can be called a box office miracle in the history of Hong Kong films.
Liu Xiaoshi's "King of the Sky" is not as mature as a newcomer director's work in terms of film completion, and the movie not only shoots the exciting scenes in the sky, but also knows how to mobilize emotions.
Several emotional flashpoints directly pulled the audience into the plot of the movie, coupled with the high popularity of the starring Wang Yibo, the box office of the film also reached 850 million.
Bai Zhiqiang's "Rattle Drum" is a good literary film, with remarkable completion and performance, but it is a pity that it is too niche.
But this award is most likely in the bag of Kong Dashan's "Space Exploration Editorial Department".
It's a very special film, it sounds like a sci-fi film, in fact, it's a black comedy, and under the shell of a sci-fi comedy, it's another suspenseful film with layers reversed.
Moreover, at the end of the comedy and suspense, there is still a sad undertone.
The script of the film is very flattering, its appearance, and its brilliance tell us that there is still a market for small-budget literary films.
Under the excellent script, the director's role in the film has not been weakened, which is why the film may win.
I hope that the efforts of the film will be rewarded in the end.
02, Best Feature Film: Sci-fi films are rarely shortlisted, but the winner is about to emerge
Predict the winning work: "Fengshen Part 1: Chao Song Fengyun"
The 6 films shortlisted this year can be described as a hundred flowers.
There is a spy war genre "No Name", a good integration of competitive sports and inspirational films "Chinese Ping Pong: The Jedi Strikes Back", the main theme action blockbuster "King of the Sky", and the legal genre "Bad Tongue Lawyer".
Of course, there are also "Fengshen Part 1: Chao Song Fengyun" and "The Wandering Earth 2", which have completed genre breakthroughs for Chinese films.
It is no exaggeration to say that these 6 movies have outstanding performances in their respective fields.
Strong films are like forests, and the summer blockbusters "Disappearing Her" and "In the Octagon Cage" were not shortlisted.
"All or Nothing" did not catch up with this year's selection, and next year's Golden Rooster Award may shine.
Judging from the box office and word of mouth, the sci-fi film "The Wandering Earth 2" has a lot of advantages, with a Douban score of 8.3 and a box office of 4.029 billion yuan.
Although "No Name" did not surprise us in suspense, it was eye-catching in terms of narrative.
Under Cheng Er at the helm, whether it is from the script, shooting or actors' performances, it is remarkable, but unfortunately, the standard of the film in all aspects is not even, and it is inevitable to suffer losses in this year's best feature film competition.
"The Bad Tongue Lawyer" is a movie with obvious Hong Kong style, with strange reversals and anger from Hong Kong films.
Huang Zihua and Xie Junhao's acting skills are amazing. However, the regional attributes are too strong, and there is little hope of winning the award.
"King of the Sky" is a highly completed proposition composition, and the director knows how to integrate "proposition" into "commercial film".
The J-10C Raptor, K8V Stabilizer, J-16 Hidden Dragon, J-20 Veyron, Yun-20, etc., which are familiar to military fans, have all been displayed intensively, and the air battle scene can be called wonderful.
It's a pity that the movie is too "flat" in terms of plot, and it is lively when I watch it, but I have less stamina after watching it.
As a sincere sports film, "Chinese Ping Pong" dares to pick an unpopular theme, and the difficulty of filming is also quite large, Deng Chao's performance this time is really not bad, the whole story reveals the fighting spirit from the inside out, and the protagonist's performance is also a great plus.
But the box office is only 100 million yuan, and the Douban score is only 6.8 points, which may be far from the best picture.
In the eyes of fans, this award should be the battle between "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Fengshen", and the little wrecking ball 2, which was praised as "domestic science fiction can finally be compared to Hollywood", has a better chance of winning.
But judging from the fact that the film only received 3 nominations, especially in the absence of the actor awards, the film did not really win the recognition of the Golden Rooster Award judges, and the possibility of winning the best film directly in an upset is too low.
At this point, "Fengshen Part 1" has only one way left.
The film starts with big scenes, and the story is quite exciting.
Judging from the box office, this electric broke the box office ceiling of domestic mythological films, and it became more and more courageous, and it did not break 100 million yuan on the first day, but it finally won 2.632 billion yuan at the box office, and awarded the best picture to it, fans should have no opinion.
03, Best Director: Wu Ershan is nominated again, and the two major awards are in hand?
Predicted winner: Wu Ershan "Fengshen Part 1: Chao Song Fengyun"
The competition for this award with Wu Ershan is Deng Chao and Yu Baimei's "Chinese Ping Pong: The Jedi Strikes Back"; Chen Guoxing, Lahuajia "Back to Tibet"; Cheng Er's "No Name"; Wei Shujun "Yong'an Town Story Collection".
Due to the failure of the highly demanded Guo Fan to be nominated, Wu Ershan has few heavyweight opponents in this award.
"Back to Tibet" is a good and unpopular masterpiece, telling the story between Kong Fansen and Tibetan translator Jiumei, and the directorial technique is pure but hard to say.
"The Story of Yong'an Town" won the Fei Mu Honorary Best Director Award and the Youth Jury Honorary Director Award at the Pingyao International Film Festival, and the film director Wei Shujun's new work "Mistake by the River" made a breakthrough at the box office of literary films. However, "The Story of Yongan Town" only achieved a box office of 3.2 million yuan, and it is obvious that the film has not been recognized at the public level.
Deng Chao and Yu Baimei's "Chinese Ping Pong" takes the director's skills to the extreme under the premise that the story is not complicated, and it is simply textbook-level in terms of rhythm control, and also shoots several key events with a thrilling sense of presence.
Although the box office performance of the movie is not very good, as far as the movie itself is concerned, it is indeed good.
And Cheng Er also played his strengths in "No Name", emphasizing the suspense scenes and having a long aftertaste. There is absolutely nothing to say about the director's skills.
But they all met Urshan.
Domestic films have always been in a short position in the genre of mythological films, but the emergence of "Fengshen Part 1" has brought Chinese mythological films to a new height.
In every way, it shows the strength of Chinese directors.
Since Guo Fan was not shortlisted, it is natural for Wu Ershan to win the award.
04, Best Screenwriter: Blockbusters and small films are equally divided, and Wu Ershan is a god
Predicted winners: Wu Ershan, Cao Sheng "Fengshen Part 1"
This year's list of nominees for the Best Screenplay award and Best Feature Film can be said to coincide sharply, with three films nominated for both awards.
But judging from the results, the suspense is not great.
Kong Dashan and Wang Yitong's "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" has no problems at the script level, which is both ingenious and evocative. The use of science fiction to tell the little people's dedication to their dreams is unique.
Cheng Er's "No Name" is stylized, but the advantage is not in the story, and it is likely to be just "running along".
In contrast, Wu Weilun, Zhang Yunqing, and Lin Weiwen "The Bad Tongue Lawyer" is large enough, and the characteristics of Hong Kong films are brought into play, but the biggest highlight of the film is still the performance of the actors, and the plot is overly idealistic.
The paradox of the film is that if lawyers are really as passionate as Huang Zihua's characters, then why do they need to be poisonous lawyers?
In contrast, the "Fengshen" trilogy is based on the script created by "The Romance of the Fengshen" and "The Legend of King Wu". Not only is the story pattern grand, but the biggest surprise in the first part is precisely to tell the story of a father and son.
The audience knows that the big scenes of the trilogy are in the last two parts, especially the battle of gods and demons in the second part, but they still use the box office to support the first part, if the story is not told well, how can it be.
06, Best Supporting Actress: Three generations of goddesses are in a big scuffle, and the winner of the award is in great suspense
Predicted winner: Yuan Quan "Fengshen Part 1"
The contenders for Best Supporting Actress are almost all acting goddesses, and they span three generations.
The veteran actor has the Academy Award actress Ye Tong, who appeared in "I Love You! Although the appearance is old and embarrassing, the rivalry with Leung Ka-fai is really exciting, although it is a side line, it is still touching, which shows the gold content of Hong Kong films in the early years.
The young actor Wang Shengdi played the role of Wei Moli, the daughter of the male protagonist Wei Ping'an, in "Keep You Safe", which is not only the motivation for the male protagonist to go all the way to the end, but also supports a branch line that reflects campus violence.
Wang Shengdi's relaxed performance in the film makes people sigh that the afterlife is terrifying, and she and Yang En, who performed brilliantly in "Life Events", have amazed the film industry one after another, and there is already a trend of Zhang Zifeng and Wen Qi's competition.
The reserve of talented actresses in Chinese films is too strong.
However, the two Mesozoic actresses have the best chance of winning the award.
Wan Qian played the role of the goddess of self-destruction in "School Dad" as the fire sister-in-law who bought a house in the school district and fell into madness, interpreting the stubbornness and helplessness of the little people in the city very well, which can be said to be Wan Qian's best acting skills in recent years.
If it weren't for Yuan Quan playing Queen Jiang in "Fengshen", the few scenes were amazing but amazing, and the integrity and nobility of the characters were performed in one scene, this award should be in Wan Qian's pocket.
06, Best Supporting Actor: The most competitive award at this year's Golden Rooster Awards, Lei Jiayin and Li Xuejian are open
Predicted winner: Lei Jiayin "Man Jianghong"
The list of the competition for the best supporting actor is not an exaggeration to say that it is the PK of this year's Golden Rooster Awards.
Andy Lau, Li Xuejian, Ning Li, Sha Yi of "The Wandering Earth 2", "I love you!" Leung Ka-fai in ", to be honest, I think it's reasonable to win the Best Supporting Actor Award.
But as a result, I couldn't even get a nomination, which shows how fierce the competition is.
Judging from the nominations, Tibetan actor Jinba has been very active in literary films in recent years, and has participated in many good films such as "The Soul on the Leather Rope", "Killed a Sheep", "Balloon", and the rivalry between "Back to Tibet" and Song Yang is also very exciting.
Hu Jun was nominated for the role of Zhang Ting in "King of the Sky", even if he just played normally, the role was exciting enough, especially the scene of sacrifice, which is definitely the highlight of the whole film.
Wang Yibo's Mr. Ye in "No Name", although I personally find it a little difficult to understand why he was able to win Leung Jiahui and Andy Lau to get the nomination, but compared with his personal performance, it is definitely a big breakthrough.
But the final award should be between Lei Jiayin and Li Xuejian.
Li Xuejian's acting skills have long been unproven.
His performance in "Fengshen" is still stable, whether it is Ji Chang's surprise when he saw his son Ji Fa, the subtle change in his eyes when he was persecuted by King Xu, or the emotional collapse after eating the meatloaf, this palace-level actor's performance is flawless.
But I personally think that Mr. Li Xuejian's performance in "The Wandering Earth 2" is more weighty, and it can even be described as Dinghai Shenpin, Wu Jing and Andy Lau played wonderful roles in the film, but Li Xuejian became the most pressing role, and his skills are by no means ordinary.
However, in "Man Jianghong", Lei Jiayin's role is also a colorful brush.
Mobilize the atmosphere in the early stage, and dedicate acting skills in the later stage.
Especially the last bard paragraph, I was confused at the time, and looking back on it makes people's blood surge.
07, Best Actress: No suspense, Hui Yinghong
Predicted winner: Hui Yinghong "I love you!" 》
Compared with the actor's "fairy fight", the winner of this year's Golden Rooster Award is easier to guess.
Yan Ni played Jin Ximei in "The Final Truth", sometimes charming and sometimes cleansed, and her acting performance supported the suspense of the whole film, which is not exciting, but the word-of-mouth controversy of the film itself is not small.
He Saifei played the terminally ill Yue Opera famous teacher Qi Shuzhen in "Chasing the Moon", not to mention the sincerity and moving, and the opera scenes in person were even more impeccable. But the film is too unpopular, and it is still difficult to win awards.
Yin Tao played Bai Wu in "Ten Thousand Miles Home", and the role also had bright moments, but it lacked a little weight overall.
Huang Yao played Ouyang Wenhui in "The Light of the White Tower", and the rivalry with Xin Baiqing was quite exciting, but the strength of the role itself was not enough.
If it weren't for the finale actress, they might still be able to compete.
But as soon as Hui Yinghong appeared, there was no suspense.
Hui Yinghong is such a good actor, with a box office of 428 million "I Love You! is such a good movie, and her role is still the most brilliant in the whole film, how can there be any suspense.
In the film, her acting skills are extremely delicate, and her emotional transmission is meticulous, which can be said to be 0 flaws.
And if Hui Yinghong, who is already the queen of the two major films, really goes to the next city, it is the so-called three golden queens.
Personally, I think that this is a sure thing, so the next award is very crucial - because if the result is as I expected, then on the day of this year's Golden Rooster Awards, Hong Kong actors will be born with three golden actresses and three golden actors.
08, Best Actor: The competition is fierce, can Tony Leung win the three gold actors?
Predicted winner: Tony Leung "No Name"
As in previous years, the competition for Best Actor this year is fierce.
But the following is only my personal opinion: that is, this year's judges have actually eliminated Tony Leung's two strongest opponents in advance:
Wang Baoqiang in "In the Octagon Cage", and Andy Lau in "The Wandering Earth 2".
Andy Lau is definitely the best performance after contributing to "Blind Detective" in Little Wrecking Ball 2, playing a father who is in a dilemma to save his daughter.
Wang Baoqiang's performance can be called the biggest highlight of "In the Octagon Cage".
It's not that the finalists don't have good acting skills, but without these two contenders, Tony Leung's chances of winning the award will undoubtedly increase.
At present, his biggest opponent is Yang Haoyu who plays Tang Zhijun in "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department", he played a down-and-out but tenacious, silly but indomitable middle-aged character to the audience's heart.
Wonderful is wonderful, but the limited influence of the film itself will be the biggest obstacle for him to win the award.
Song Yang played Lao Kong in "Back to Tibet", that is, Kong Fansen, but with Zhuyu in front, the possibility of him completing a breakthrough is not high.
Huang Bo played Lei Dali in "Learning Dad", and he can't say that he didn't act well, but this role Huang Bo played too easily, but he didn't lose it.
If you really want to talk about expectations, the audience may be looking forward to Huang Bo's performance in Cao Baoping's new film "Wading through the Angry Sea", and I personally predict that he is likely to shine at the Golden Rooster Awards next year with this role.
Hui Wangjun of "Rattle" is an amateur actor, and his performance has the wildness that professional actors lack, but the completeness of the character creation is slightly insufficient.
In the end, it was Tony Leung.
On the surface, Mr. He in "No Name" does not have much room for him to show his acting skills, and Wang Yibo has more plays than him.
But Tony Leung didn't come with him.
The role of Mr. He is actually the end of the whole film.
It is not easy to play it properly, and at the same time not dominate the crowd, but also play the unique character of the character, and hide the biggest suspense in the whole film.
But Tony Leung did.
not only does it, but also in terms of emotional rendering, layer by layer, if the film lacks his drama, the suspense will be reduced by half.
Of course, you would say that this is not normal?
Indeed, for Tony Leung, who just won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival this year, playing a role with a score of 90 to 95 is just a normal performance.
But 95 points is 95 points, is it reasonable not to give the first place to 95, to 85 and 90?
And if Tony Leung and Hui Yinghong really won the Best Actor and Queen respectively, and became the Three Golden Actors and Three Golden Queens respectively, this is undoubtedly an extremely positive signal for the declining Hong Kong films.
Write at the end
Judging from the results, "The Wandering Earth 2" has been affirmed by many domestic audiences, but it has not been fully recognized by the judges of the Golden Rooster Award.
In contrast, "Fengshen Part 1" has received many more nominations, and without the biggest opponent of Little Breaking Ball 2, it is also likely to become the biggest winner of this year's Golden Rooster Awards.
It can't be said that "The Wandering Earth 2" has no shortcomings, the film adopts the form of a chronicle, the pattern is grander than the first part, and the lack of narrative is somewhat laborious.
The final box office was 4.029 billion, 600 million less than the previous work, and the number of moviegoers was nearly 20 million less, and it lost to "Man Jianghong" during the Spring Festival, which was the result of the film's shortcomings.
However, whether it is Guo Fan's courage to support domestic science fiction, or the incredible completion of the film, it still deserves an affirmation.
Even though it is almost impossible for the film to win the Best Film Award with only three nominations: Best Picture, Best Sound Recording and Best Art, I and the audience still hope that a miracle will happen.
It's not that "Fengshen Part 1" is bad, but Wu Ershan still has two chances, and Guo Fan's small wrecking ball only has one chance left.
What's more, domestic science fiction is also worthy of it.
Zhang Yimou once said, "I deeply feel that the history of Chinese films and the Golden Rooster Awards is created by generations of younger and newer Chinese filmmakers and Chinese audiences." ”
This year's Academy Awards also vividly proved this.
No matter what the ending is, with good movies like "Fengshen" and "The Wandering Earth 2", Chinese movies must be going for the better.
Then don't worry, let's wait for the golden rooster to crow, Chinese movies are like the space elevator in "The Wandering Earth 2", soaring into the sky.